Police Officer Charged in Road Rage Incident

Police Officer Charged in Road Rage Incident

Anne Arundel County police accuse an off-duty officer of pointing his gun at another man during an apparent road rage incident in Curtis Bay.

Suspect Joey Torres is a corporal in the Prince George's County police department, where he has now been suspended with pay.

Anne Arundel County police say, just before 7 a.m. Tuesday, Torres became upset with the driver in the car behind him on I-97. Police say Torres let the car pass him, then followed the other driver, first onto the Beltway, then to a parking lot in the 700 block of E. Ordnance Road.

Police say when the driver tried to leave the lot the officer used his car to block him in, then took a gun from his trunk and pointed it inside the victim's car.

The victim was able to drive off to another location where he waited for police to show up.

Police arrested Torres, charging him with assault, reckless endangerment and use of a firearm in commission of a crime of violence.

Police say they seized his service weapon: a loaded Smith and Wesson M&P 40 handgun.

Police say, during the dispute, Torres never identified himself as a police officer.